Songs, Blood Deep
Autor: | Westerman, Gwen Nell |
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EAN: | 9781737405146 |
Sachgruppe: | Belletristik |
Sprache: | Englisch metaCatalog.groups.language.options.dakota |
Seitenzahl: | 82 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 03.10.2023 |
Schlagworte: | Poetry |
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"With touches of humor and the occasional sharp cultural criticism, the voice that emerges from these poems is that of a Dakota woman rooted in her world and her words. In this moving collection, Westerman reflects on history and family from a unique perspective, one that connects the painful past and the hard-fought future of her Dakota homeland. Grounded in vivid story and memory, Westerman draws on both English and the Dakota language to celebrate the long journey along sunflower-lined highways of the tallgrass prairies of the Great Plains that returns her to a place filled with "more than history." An intense homage to the power of place, this book tells a masterful story of cultural survival and the power of language"--